A few years back, the Warcraft III Demo was taken off battle.net.
It is understandable to not spend resources maintaining a very old and obscure version of a game when newer versions exist, however I did enjoy playing the demo online even after getting the retail version. Its unique gameplay quirks make it a noteworthy part of the game’s history, and so I felt it would be worth preserving.
So here’s a custom war3 map that aims to reproduce the gameplay of the demo.
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Differences from current War3:
- Demo-exclusive map: (4)Deadlock.
- 1.01 balancing.
- Orc and Far Seer Only.
- Chain Lightning can target Mechanical units.
- Creeps above level 6 are more powerful.
- Items are not classified by type, just level.
- You can’t sell items.
- Tomes need to be used from the inventory.
- Missing items: Auras except Endurance & Command, Summons except Stone Token, Scrolls of Resurrection and Animate Dead.
Also, the actual Demo only allowed 1v1 on this map, but for this release, 2v2 is also possible.
Enjoy!
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interesting, any screenshots? does it support widescreen or higher resolutions? how does it match people? does it allow AT or just RT?
It is a custom map. So you host it on bnet for people to join.
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oh I thought you meant people who didnt own the game could play it, you should specify that its just a custom map
Good point. Amended. I should mention that the war3 demo is still freely available on various websites, you just can’t play multiplayer with it. You can still play the singleplayer missions it comes with.
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yea but in low resolution
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The Nostalgia I missed War3 demo. I still play Deadlock with my friends on TFT, it’s the first and best map I ever played. I remember how most demo players used to come to my base in the first few minutes and start building towers there.
Good old days. Thanks for the hard work.
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someone(hopefully blizzard) should alter it to allow lan now that its battle.net support is gone. either that or start a server just for the demo.
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Hey, what’s about the Unforged project? I literally was a second too late to screenshot it. If I were able to hate myself, I’d do.